Videogamer’s The Lion King FAQ
I’m back with another faq.  This time it’s for The Lion King.  Of course all the characters and settings in the game are copyright Disney and Virgin Games.
This FAQ is copyright 2000 by Videogamer and it may only be posted on Gamefaqs (www.gamefaqs.com) and vgstrategies.about.com.

Contents (version 1.4)
1) Intro. and legal stuff (above)
2) The Walkthrough
3) Reader Contributions (new for version 1.4)
4) Miscellaneous (Cheats, Game Genie, ect.)

The Walkthrough
This should be a fairly detailed walkthrough of the game.  If you haven’t seen the movie already, be warned that there are spoilers in this
 walkthrough.  Now, let’s get on with it.

The Pridelands
This is a fairly simple introductory level to learn the basics.  That doesn’t mean there aren’t secrets here though.  Below the first continue
 point, you might notice an African red bug (life meter extender).  Walk off the left edge of the rock with the porcupine near the continue
 point, and then you can jump to the bug.  Near the top on the right, there is an area you can jump into with a porcupine and a 1-up (only 
a porcupine if you have 9 lives already) and roll through the opening there for an area with a few goodies.  The bonus bug in this level is 
at the top left of the level in a tree.  To beat the hyena boss, avoid his attacks until he gets tired, then pounce him.
Just Can’t Wait To Be King
In the first part you have to jump on the heads of giraffes.  Then you get to an area with monkeys in trees.  Roar at the two pink ones then
 jump on the rhino to go to the first ostrich ride.  The first one is pretty straightforward, just follow the arrows:  up is jump, down is duck,
 and 2 ups is double jump.  On the second ride, jump, duck, jump, jump, duck, double jump, duck, duck, and double jump.  Now, roar at the
 monkey by the third continue marker, and jump on the left rhino.  When you’re stopped by another pink monkey, roar at it, then jump
 across the logs to the side you were on and jump on the rhino again.  Then roar at the two pink monkeys on the island you’re on and
 grab the bonus bug while you’re there.  Now, jump on the rhino and exit the level.
The Elephant Graveyard
Here, wait for the two hyenas to pounce together to move, then defeat them both at once.  Now, just follow the straight path to the end.
  A few things to watch out for would be the bonus bug just up and left of the third hyena.  Also the elephant hides will break after three
 jumps on them.  Don’t let the green stuff after the continue point touch you.  Finally, you have to defeat three hyenas to destroy the
 bones blocking the exit to the level.
The Stampede
Stand at the middle right when you start.  After a wildebeest passes you on the right, stand on the right side of the screen until a 
wildebeest jumps in the middle of the screen.  Then go to the middle and jump to avoid the rocks.  I find it easiest to stay near the middle
 for the rest of the level while avoiding rocks, than being on the sides avoiding wildebeests.  A ? indicates that a rock will be to the left 
or right of the center.
Simba’s Exile
Not much to say here, just try to avoid the falling rocks and definitely avoid the rolling boulders.  Don’t go down any of the holes with 
ledges for climbing out since none of them that I know of contain anything good.  There are a lot of tricky jumps in this level and the 
penalty for missing one is often landing on thorns, so be careful.
Hakuna Matata
This is definitely a relief after going through Simba’s Exile.  Go down the right side of all waterfall slides and hold right on the d-pad for an
easier experience in this level.  After the first continue point, jump over the waterfall to find another one that will also make your experience
 through this level easier.  Now use the falling logs to jump to the top of the waterfall, then go left and snag the bonus bug.  Then just go
 right, then down to meet the level boss.  To defeat this gorilla, use the roll to send the coconuts rolling back at him, or wait until he does his
 ground pound, and hit him. You’ll have to do this 6 times.
Simba’s Destiny
Now, Simba is finally an adult.  Your slash is your main attack, so don’t be afraid to use it on every enemy.  Between the first and second
 packs of leopards is a bonus bug hidden behind some vines near a monkey.  There is also a roar meter extender to the right of the last pack
 of leopards and last rolling boulder.
Be Prepared
Compared to this level, the others before it are a cinch.  At the start, go right avoiding the lava drops.  Then defeat the two leopards by
 repeatedly slashing them.  Now you jump over 3 volcanoes, be sure to defeat the bats above them as you jump.  Now you need to defeat
 a hyena and leopard.  Now you need to carefully time your jumps over 3 more volcanoes with two of them having bats above them, and
 a hyena between the second and third ones.  Now, go right some more and avoid th dripping lava and defeating a hyena.  Then you have
 to jump over two more volcanoes and defeat a leopard.  After jumping over that second volcano, walk left and into the wall for a roar
 extending bug, and a life restoring beetle.  Now, go right avoiding more lava drops and defeating even more bats, hyenas, and leopards.
  Now you will be at a dead end with three volcanoes.  Slash the rock just to the upper right of the middle volcano until it falls and allows
 you passage to the other half of the level.  Now you ride the log on the lava.  When you have to jump onto the platform the log goes 
under,  I recommend defeating the hyena, but not the leopard if you want to catch the log on time.  At the end of the ride, you’ll have to
 outrun a rolling boulder, then immediately face a leopard.  After that, jump up and down the ledges to the next log..  When it stops, you
 can just jump and slash to defeat the two leopards.  Now, just walk to the part described below.

Now, I will explain how to get past the end part with the 4 volcanoes.  I have numbered the volcanoes for convenience, #1 is on the far left
 #2 is to the right of it, #3 is to the right of #2, and #4 is on the far right.  #1 will erupt first, so stand to the left of it.  Then stand on #1 while
 #2 erupts.  After that, here is  the order of which to jump:  #2, #1, #2, #3, #1, #2, #3, #4, #3, #2, #1, #2, #3, #4, #3, #2, #3, #4, and you’re
 finished with the volcanoes. (note, this is one of 2 or 3 possible scenarios, if yours is different, all I can tell you is to avoid the lava and
 rocks until the fourth volcano becomes plugged up.)
Simba’s Return
First, go into the middle cave of your three choices, then defeat the three hyenas and go into the cave directly to the right of the one you
 came into for a life meter extending bug.  Now, return to the area you started in.  Go into the farthest right cave and follow the set path.
  After going through a few caves, you will have more than one option, go into the first cave directly  to the left of the one you entered 
from at this point.  When you’re faced with multiple choices again, take the farthest left cave, then defeat the hyenas in there to finish the
 level.  
Pride Rock
To fight scar the first two times, land two slashes on scar, then maul him when he sticks his tongue out (B+C, or one of the x,y,or z buttons).
  Just do this two or three times, and he’ll leave.  When you have to climb the rocks to get to the top of pride rock, try not to jump on the 
middle of the nine rocks, or you might get yourself surrounded by the fire. Now, at the final battle just do the same thing, and throw Scar
 off the cliff. To throw Scar off the cliff, you need to keep throwing him around until he stops putting up a fight.  Then you'll be able to 
throw him farther than usual and that's when you throw him off the cliff.    Now, listen to Simba roar.

 Reader Contributions
In the elephant grave yard, there is another bug to get that you didn’t mention. To get it, you need to
jump to the top of the first jump from rock to rock thing. When you get to the top, kill the bird, but DON’T FALL DOWN. Take a running 
leap from the top to the ledge on the right side of the screen. Roll
through the apparently solid rock face to reach the ledge with a blue bottle bug thingy. (And a bird too
unfortunately). When you jump back down, keep to the left of the screen or fall down the hole and die of
you really want to.
Also, when you see the continue just above the bone spikes further on, get it. It doesn’t matter if you do
die because a continue is better than a life. I’ll also mention that you can roll or jump through
the bone blockades.
When it gets really tricky towards the end of the Stampede level, you
can actually go to the left of the screen and just run. The two rocks that pop up don’t even hurt Simba,
he runs straight through them.
In the Hakuna Matata level, once you make it to the top of the waterfall where you have to jump
on the logs. Go right but instead of falling down the mini waterfall, jump over it and land on the ledge
with the frog. Kill the frog and jump to the ledge above it. Kill the frog there to if you need to then
roll through the wall for a health bug. Then go down like usual and kill the gorilla.

 
Miscellaneous
I’ve found a whole bunch of Game Genie Codes for this game.  Go to:
http://vgstrategies.about.com/games/vgstrategies/library/ggn/blglionking.htm.
Also be sure to check out the link to Gamesages.


If you have any questions or things to add to this faq, e-mail me at SegaGreg6@aol.com